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Walleye, Pike, Steelhead and Browns


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I've been fishing like mad the last 3 weeks. Havn't had much time to post proper reports as beyond being busy my compter has been down for a while.

In any case I figured I'd combine a few of my recent trips into one report.

 

 

 

Walleye/Pike And A Mans Love For A Woman

 

 

Thanksgiving weekend I closed the cottage and managed to squeeze in a days fishing with my dad and uncle on my favourite back lake.

Fishing with 3-4" live shiners on a simple Lindy rig in 30' of water we scratched out a bunch of decent fish:

 

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We kept 3 of them and enjoyed a perfect shore lunch:

 

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Doesn't get any better than that and it was a perfect capper to the cottage season.

 

On the way back across my uncles lake he told us an interesting tale.

Apparantly back in the late 40's, early 50's a gentleman from southern ON aquired a lease and built a cottage on an island.

His wife was crippled and loved to swim but because of the rocky nature of the shoreline was unable to.

Not wanting his better half to suffer the man built a concrete swimming pool on the island.

Even more amazing was how he supplied it with water.

A km up on the hill across from his camp is a tiny spring fed lake.

He ran a water line all the way from the lake, down the hillside, under the water over to his island.

Need clean, cold water? No problem, just turn on the tap!

 

We went over to the island to investigate.

Supposedly his better half passed away in the late 60's. The lease expired and the mnr went in and tore the camp down.

 

The old dock pilings and path to the cottage are still visible:

 

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There were no signs of the camp but the concrete pool was still in great shape. There were trees growing up through it, but it was still quite intact:

 

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I thought it was a great story...

 

 

 

The Fall Steelhead Season Begins

 

With conditions being prime almost everywhere, both north and south, I've been racking up the miles on the truck.

Here's a handful of pic's from a variety of locations including some scenery shots from what I consider to be steelhead paradise. :)

 

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My Favourite October Moment

 

 

My son just turned 3 this month. His entire interests revolve around fishing.

Me? I'm amazed and cautiously optimistic.

My wife Joanne just rolls her eyes. LOL!

 

When asked what kind of birthday party he wanted he said "Fishing party!"

What kind of cake? "Fishing cake!"

What kind of presents? "Fishing!!"

What do you want to be for Halloween? "A Fisherman!!"

Every night at bedtime he runs into my room and grabs one of my fishing mag's from a stack. That's what he insists I read to him for a bedtime story.

If I'm not around he forces Jo to do the same much to her amusement. :)

 

 

I've had him out a couple of times without much success. Recently however we launched the boat locally and tried our hands at some browns.

He picked out the lure himself and did a pretty fair job helping to reel the fish in:

 

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That's my boy! B)

 

 

Things are swinging into high gear now, the next month should be as good as it gets.

 

 

Cheers, Mike

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Solo,

 

Your posts are always welcomed and truly appreciated.

 

Some of us just do not have the opportunity and or the knowledge, be it when or where so keep on posting, as I, for one always look forward to reading your posts.

 

FLEX

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Fantastic report Solo(mike),

 

That was a really good story...true to boot!

 

Those fish are awesome....and the scenery...wow...those ravines are cool looking!

 

Now tell me how you got your kid hooked (pun intended) i'm working on my little guy, but tips from a success would be appreciated.

 

Cheers

 

Simon

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Solo,

 

Your posts are always welcomed and truly appreciated.

 

Some of us just do not have the opportunity and or the knowledge, be it when or where so keep on posting, as I, for one always look forward to reading your posts.

 

FLEX

My thoughts as well.

 

You will always benefit from sharing these remarkable reports!

 

Some great pictures, fishing and family all wrapped in one. Thanks for this!

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